Improvement in office-indicators



UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICEo LEWIS BEGER, OF CHICAGO, ASSIGNOR OFTHREE-FOURTHS HISRIGHT TO W. S. GOBBLE, OF SOOTTSVILLE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN OFFICE-INDICATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,018, dated June 20,1871.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that. LLEWIs BURGER, of Chicago, in the county ot' Cook a-ndState of Illinois, have invented a newand Improved Business-Indicator;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingforming part of this specilica-tion, in which- Figure l represents aface View ot' my improved business-indicator. Fig. 2 is a verticaltransverse section ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a back view of the face-platewhen the same is turned up. Fig. 4 is a detail face View of parts of theface-plate.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new business-indicator for office use, andconsists in a novel combination of parts wherebyr the necessary routineinformation will be given to parties inspecting it when the oftice isclosed or open, and means are provided for leaving orders.

A in the drawing represents a sheet-metal box, constitutingthe body ofmy improved business-indicator. By ears a tat the back ofthe box thesame can be suspended from nails or screws on the Wall or door. A smallreceptacle, b, is formed at the upper end ofthe box A for holdingbusiness-cards. A slot, o, is in the upper part of the face of the box Ato receive letters, which can be thrown into said main box A. The lowerlarger part of the face-plate B of the box is hinged at its upper end,as at d in Fig. 1, and carries a clock-dial, O, whose hands e f can beset to indicate the hour until which the office is open or closed. Thedial concover and close it While the oftice is open.

tains, behind an appropriate aperture, a small pivoted plate, g, whichcan be shifted to show the letters A. M.77 or P. M as may be required.Three disks, I), E, and F, pivoted to the back of the face-plate, asshown in Fig. 2, display through appropriate apertures the day of week,month, and nameof month, respectively. The arbors h h of said disksproject through the face-plate, and are squared, so that they can beturned, by Ineans of keys, to change the dates. A fourth disk, G,largei1 than the others, and ca-rryin g near its rim various items ofinformation regarding the absence ofthe occupant, is also pivoted to theface-plate B by a pin, h., and displays one such item through anaperture, i', of the faceplate. A plate, H, is hinged to the face Bunder the aperture t', to I is a writing-tablet or slate held in thegrooved back of the box A, so that it can be drawn out for the receptionof orders, as indicated in Fig.

A, hinged face- B, dial O, disks I), E, F, and

G, plate II, and slate I, all combined substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

Ihe above specification of my invention signed by Ine this 26th day ofJanuary, 1871.

LEWIS BURGER.

Witnesses:

GEO. C. SMITH, WILLIAM H. BERsoN.

